Introduction to Robots
This week we will look at the Engineering Design and what makes a robot a robot. We will begin digging into our boxes of parts and end the week completed our first build, “The Taskbot”. Along the way we will look at different examples of robots in action some fun and some serious. By the end of the week, you should be comfortable naming the parts of your EV3 kit and describing what makes a robot a robot and why robots are used in the “real world”.

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**Paper circuit project is due Tuesday at the start of class and Phase 2 of design handout, you will have Monday to work in class but you can take home your project over the weekend. Monday should be fine-tuning or small details for your demonstrations

Extra Problems Electricity Test 7:40 on Wednesday. You have to be in my room by 7:40, door shuts

This week we will finish the 3D LED Structures and move on to paper circuits with copper tape and surface LED. You will playing with these little “flea-like” structures. The Paper Circuit Project will be due Tuesday, 12/12. We will wrap up our study of electricity with a National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Build.

Thursday/Friday: Activities: Lab: Paper Circuit Build (STEM)**Paper circuit project is due Tuesday at the start of class and Phase 2 of design handout, you will have Monday to work in class but you can take home your project over the weekend. Monday should be fine-tuning or small details for your demonstrations

This week we will review the circuit labs you completed before the break. Make sure you have B/C completed for Monday 11/27. You will build a flashlight this week and start your LED 3D Structures. You will have a test early next week over the circuit material we have been learning about.

Monday: Topics: Circuits
Activities: Q&A over Labs A-C
HW: Complete Lesson check problems at the end of the handout. This is a review of what we have been doing with example problems Circuits

Friday: Topics: STEM: 3D LED Structure Build
Activities: LAB: 3D LED Structure Build
HW: Structure and Phase 2 will be due Tuesday at the beginning of class. you can take home your structure if needed over the weekend.

Last week you were introduced to current, voltage, and types of circuits with your lab activity. This week we will expand on current and voltage working towards exploring types of circuits in more depth. When we return from the holidays we will build our own flashlights, look at paper circuits, and LED structures.

Monday/Tuesday: Topics: Current and Voltage
Activities: Lab: Voltage and Current Handouts

HW: Complete Series and Parallel Circuits lesson Check Problems
Use the notes to help you. Assignment is due Wednesday at the start of class

Wednesday: Topics: Electric Fields
Activities: Lecture/Discussion: Electric Fields
MOPS: Electric Field Lines and Electric Field **It might be helpful if you print these out ahead of time
HW: prepare for test